About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Akerin

As I observed last week, revealing the US and UK covers for Daughter Of Blood sparked an ambition to send some on-blog time with the characters from the first two books in the series, in the same way I spent time on the world in A Geography Of Haarth.

I also decided to on the more minor players to begin with, because: “Sometimes I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”

I shall start at the beginning, with “A” in the first book in The Wall Of Night series, which is, of course, The Heir Of Night. I hope you may enjoy the “many meetings” that shall ensue. 🙂

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Akerin: chief healer in the Keep Of Winds

“Akerin, as experienced a campaigner as any guard in the keep, had shaken his head. “Not that desperate. Losing Gerenth was a grievous blow, but losing you …” He had stopped as an orderly came into the room, waiting until the man left before speaking again. Even so, he had kept his voice low. “You will have to choose, you know, between the Keep command and being Honor Captain. It leaves Night too vulnerable having one person, however able, trying to do both jobs for any length of time.”

"THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized world."--Robin Hobb

Thornspell

Jacket art by Antonio Javier Caparo

Thornspell is my first novel and is published by Knopf (Random House Children's Books, USA). It won the Sir Julius Vogel Award 2009 for Best Novel: Young Adult and was a Storylines Childrens' Literature Trust Notable Book 2009.